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The Poppies of Troy
Author(s): John Walsh
The Poppies of Troy revisits the ancient epic story of the Trojan War and retells it through the medium of a graphic novel. In an exciting version that honors much of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, the author uses certain aspects of these epics from the 8th century BC to address contemporary issues of t...
Engaging Motorcycle Safety in a University Community: Toward a Health Campaign Pedagogy Model for Community Advocacy
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Abstract Health campaign pedagogy can serve students and their communities as communication practice and advocacy. This chapter highlights the case of the Motorcycle Safety at Purdue (MS@P) campaign to build on and extend communication pedagogy as communication praxis (Mattson, Haas, & Kosmoski, ...
Mathematics Activity Book II: Learning & Teaching
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Mathematics activity Book II provides Teachers and Students with an inquiry-based approach to learning. It promotes skill attainment and acquisition through exploration, discussion, and group work, which can lead to mathematics mastery. The book includes a variety of activities that address the C...
Fitness and Your Health
Author(s): David C Nieman
Fitness & Your Health has been written to satisfy the general education requirement for physical education. In many colleges and universities students are given the option to take a class that focuses on fitness and health issues. Fitness & Your Health uses a physical fitness approach to educate the...
OpenStax Psychology softcover
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"Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in e...
Communicating a Surge of Information: How Do Individuals Understand, React, and Respond to Storm Surge Media Messages?
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Sample For those living directly on the coast, storm surge is the most dangerous, and potentially deadly, hurricane-related risk. During Hurricane Sandy in 2013, 40 deaths were directly attributed to flooding that occurred due to a dramatic slow rise of ocean surge. Beyond Sandy, storm surge has ...
Becoming the First in the Family to Graduate from College: First-Generation Students and Family Identity
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Abstract This case study follows the story of Brandon, an 18-year-old first year social work major and psychology minor, as he reflects upon his first semester in college in a series of blog posts that comprise his First Year Experience Seminar Blog. Although Brandon knows he wants to help others...
OpenStax Introductory Statistics
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"Introductory Statistics follows scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester introduction to statistics course and is geared toward students majoring in fields other than math or engineering. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra and focuses on statistics application over the...